Three novellas portraying love at different stages of life. In ‘Nineteen’, a middle-aged man reflects on his first year at university, the characters he encountered, and the event that continues to haunt him. In ‘Celeste’, a couple in their thirties meet through a dating site after corresponding for weeks online. She likes him and he likes her. But is it as simple as that? In ‘Old Romantic’, a man in his forties is dismayed to discover his father is dating a much younger woman. Should he intervene or should he sort out his own marriage first? Suspense, comedy and tragedy all figure in these tales, which are guaranteed to entertain.